32 A^(?w hardy Trees caul Shrubs. 



Messrs. Loddiges. P. cordifolia Lodd. Cat., edit. 1836, (P. 

 heterophylla Arb. Brit.) is a tree, which, though it has been a 

 loin»- time in the country, is Httle known. As it bears a pro- 

 tusion of catkins, and is therefore a vahiable spring tree, we 

 should like to see it much more frequently cultivated in orna- 

 mental plantations. 



Sulisbur/a Arb. Brit. Almost all the trees in the country are 

 supposed to be males ; but there are female plants at Messrs. 

 Loddio-es's. Some curious fiicts respecting this tree will be 

 found under our Foreign Notices, article France, Vol. XII., 

 p. 690. 



Phius Arb. Brit. Pinus austriaca Hoss's Anleittoig, p. 6., (P. 

 nio-ricans of the Vienna nurserymen) bears a general resem- 

 blance to P. sylvestris, of which, notwithstanding the difference 

 in the cone, we have no doubt it is only a variety. This sort 

 of pine has many valuable properties. It is described at length 

 in Lawson's Agriculturist's Manual, p. 3SS. ; and there are abun- 

 dance of plants in Lawson's Nursery. It is considered more 

 hardy than the Scotch pine. 



A. nobilis is a very scarce variety, of which there is a plant 

 at Chatsvvorth ; but we hardly know of another bearing this 

 name that is true to the description, except some plants in the 

 Fulham Nursery, which are 3 guineas each. Thei'e are plants 

 of nearly forty sorts of the genus Pinus (including ^'bies, 

 C^drus, &c.) at this moment in the Fulham Nursery, varying in 

 price from Is. 6d. to 51. each. Pinus insignis is 51. A\yies 

 spectabilis (Pinus Yfehhidna Wall.), the giant silver fir of the 

 Himalayan Mountains, is 2 guineas, ^'bies Mormda, or, more 

 properly, A. Smith//, of which there are some hundred plants in 

 Knio-ht's Exotic Nursery, is 2ls. : but we refer to Messrs. Whit- 

 ley and Osborn's Catalogtie for 1836. 



We might have here noticed many other trees and shrubs, 

 as either new, or old and neglected ; but these may suffice for 

 the present. We would respectfully suggest to the provincial 

 horticultural societies the idea of offering premiums for the 

 establishment, in the grounds of private gentlemen, of small 

 arboretums. A certain prize might be given for a minimum 

 number of trees and shrubs (say 100 species or varieties), which 

 have been introduced during the present century ; and for every 

 10 above this number, a certain addition might be made to the 

 prize. The competitors might be required to present the society 

 with a single leaf of each species, properly dried, attached to 

 paper with a thread, and correctly named. Any species or va- 

 riety that could not be correctly known by the leaf alone (of 

 which, with the exception of double-flowering plants, there are 

 very few indeed in the whole compass of the Arboretum ef Fru- 

 ticetum Britaimiaan) might safely be left out of view. Varieties 



